Chamber's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of Authors in the English Tongue from the Earliest Times Till the Present Day, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 1 |
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... thenne ich nes weldinde . Over soh seiden that yunge vifmon : hire folweth mochel wisdom . Tha wile the ich hævede mi kinelond : luveden me mine leoden . For mine londe and for mine feo : mine eorles fulle to mine cneo . Nu ich am a ...
... thenne ich nes weldinde . Over soh seiden that yunge vifmon : hire folweth mochel wisdom . Tha wile the ich hævede mi kinelond : luveden me mine leoden . For mine londe and for mine feo : mine eorles fulle to mine cneo . Nu ich am a ...
Page 94
... thenne he took a grete hors , and a grene shelde and a grene spere . And thenne they ranne to - gyders with al their myghtes , and brake their speres unto their handes , and thenne they drewe their swerdes , and gaf many sadde strokes ...
... thenne he took a grete hors , and a grene shelde and a grene spere . And thenne they ranne to - gyders with al their myghtes , and brake their speres unto their handes , and thenne they drewe their swerdes , and gaf many sadde strokes ...
Page 95
... Thenne the kynge called sire Kay & shewed hit hym . ' Sir , ' said sir Kay , ' wete you wel there is some newe tydynges . ' ' Goo thyder , ' sayd the kynge to sir Kay , and take with yow sire Brandyles and Agra- vayne and brynge me redy ...
... Thenne the kynge called sire Kay & shewed hit hym . ' Sir , ' said sir Kay , ' wete you wel there is some newe tydynges . ' ' Goo thyder , ' sayd the kynge to sir Kay , and take with yow sire Brandyles and Agra- vayne and brynge me redy ...
Contents
HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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